Home Again

 We have travelled through some of the most beautiful stretches of the Thames over the past few days.  After Goring we had a short trip to Beale Park moorings.  These are extensive and quite quiet at this time of year.  We had an interesting day at the wildlife park.  We saw pigmy goats, owls, peacocks, alpaca, mongoose, bunny rabbits, guinea pigs, spiders, birds and fowl of a great variety and much, much more.  There was a little train ride and a fascinating model collection and we even saw some meercats and wallabys.  This is all set in a very child friendly environment and would make a great visit for anyone with young children.  As two children at heart we had a great time.

We pressed on to Caversham on Monday, where there is a very convenient Tesco with a mooring.    We also wanted to investigate a suitable place to leave Hunters Moon whilst we returned home. After a night just upstream of Sonning Lock where we enjoyed a lovely pint of beer in the nearby 'Great House' restaurant/bar, which incidentally, was the most expensive one we have had so far, we returned to Caversham to the Thames and Kennet Marina.  We received a warm and friendly welcome from Ceil in the office and were soon directed to our berth.

A taxi, train and bus ride took us back to Witney to pick up the motorhome from David and Ruth's drive.  We are so grateful to them for putting up with it on their drive but a bit disappointed they didn't manage to sell it whilst it was there!

Home now for a few days of catching up.